Chapter 189: Medals
Six million federal guilders, which is about 1,200 imperial gold coins, is not expensive, but the final auction price will definitely not be only six million.
Rossi's connoisseurship is limited, he is here mainly to pass the time and see this spring auction that is very famous in Western society, and if he does come across something he particularly likes, he doesn't mind taking it. Money, since he copied Heinsses's manor on the outskirts of the imperial capital, has been just a number to him. Not to mention that there is a group of nobles crying and shouting to send him money and can't find a way, if he really has no money, he hooks his hand, and some people are willing to go bankrupt and post it.
The bidders who came to the stage to appraise the painting quickly reached an agreement, this painting is a real painting, and several people who had been communicating with each other immediately returned to their seats with straight faces. With six million federal guilders, buying such a painting of great historical value is simply a bargain. But everyone also understands that who can get it in the end depends on their own abilities.
The corners of the auctioneer's mouth curled slightly, in fact, the starting price of this painting should be 13 million federal guilders, but he is the top auctioneer in the federal auctioneer industry, and the entire federation only has a lot of hands. People like him are eligible to take a share, and at the same time, they can also change some starting prices according to the situation.
Halving the starting price of the painting is also the auctioneer's strategy, giving the bidders the illusion that "I can participate if it is so cheap, maybe I will buy it", and as these people join in and the bidders who really want to buy the collection continue to sell, the contradictions between them are magnified, and the two sides of the non-existent contradictions will also rub into contradictions as the prices continue to rise.
Raising a card once more means that you have to raise the price of the card twice, as long as you are a normal person, you will not be happy.
As soon as it came up, it was a hot atmosphere, and this master's painting, which started at 6 million, was finally sold to 21 million, which was 3 million more than the expected transaction price of 18 million!
The auctioneer had a sincere smile on his face, the gavel in his hand settled, and the few bidders who had been bidding were relieved whether they ended up bidding on the painting or not.
It's so intense, so exciting.
The atmosphere of the whole auction also thawed.
He is a very clever person, and he is very good at playing with people's hearts, and I can't be fooled like this in the future.
Rosie watched coldly throughout the whole process, and did not bring himself into the role of the bidder, and he was already out of the play before he entered the play, so he saw it more clearly and more straightforwardly than others.
One auction after another, as Cyril said, there really was everything. After the first three items were auctioned off at a very high price, it was the turn of something ordinary, but definitely not ordinary.
For example, the coffins of the members of the Bosi royal family have a history of nearly 2,500 years or so, but there is not the slightest corruption. The corpse that was placed in this coffin, although it was shriveled, did not decompose, and the flesh was well maintained, and there was even a trace of elasticity in some places where fat and muscle fibers had accumulated more.
This extremely unlucky thing was actually sold for a high price of more than 7 million, and the bidder was a well-known rich man in the Federation, but he was a little old, and he probably didn't have much time left to bury it in the ground, and this coffin may be his own use.
There is also a theory that it has disappeared from this world, and the male reproductive organs of a sub-dragon monster that once existed, which have been around for more than 900 years and are still strong. This small thing, which had a starting price of less than 1 million, was sold for more than 12 million, which was the highest price in this auction.
There are many similar auction items, and there is a large part of them, Rosie has never heard of them at all, like the nails of giants, the saliva of the kraken, and the devil knows where the organizers and providers of these long-extinct things came from.
With an attitude of learning, Rosie observes each collection very carefully, and there is always a lot of gain, which can only be said that people in big cities are really good at playing.
When another item was auctioned off, the staff moved a high stool to the stage and brought up the new auction items.
The auctioneer took a sip of water and moistened his throat, and this kind of work lasted about ten days and half a month, of which three days were in his charge. This job is very satisfying to him, as long as the final auction price of the auction is higher than the final auction amount expected by the auction organizer, three-thousandths of the higher part of the price is his commission, which belongs to him.
The seemingly inconspicuous commission of three thousandths of a commission, after three days of work, often means a base of billions, and these three days can earn tens of millions, which is still a conservative estimate.
He put down his cup and glanced at what was on the display, and a large printed leaflet was hung up to show the auctioned items to bidders further back.
"This is a historic badge that, according to a previous collector, came from the Crusade Army. The first owner of the coat of arms had participated in the battle against Guhijah, and in the battle he had snatched a holy brick, and was given the Dreadnought Cross by a patriarch at the time, which is the collection that I am auctioning today. There are some people who may not know much about what the Crusade Army is, and I will briefly introduce it here.
Before the establishment of the federal power, more than a thousand years ago, this land was inhabited by an equally magnificent civilization and culture, which we call the ancient Hijah civilization, a civilization as powerful as the Bossi dynasty founded by the Bossi. In the ancient Syya civilization, people worshipped totems, believing that totems would bring strength and victory, and at the same time, the Holy Light Church, which had entered its heyday, began a mighty religious purification movement.
They sent a million-strong army eastward, and the flames of war ignited the entire ancient Siya civilization, until finally, the Totem Pole, the spiritual symbol of Guhia, was destroyed by the Eastern Crusade of the Holy Light Church. The Church of Light called the destruction of the All Saints Totem Pole a great victory, and many of the valiant Crusades were awarded such medals in this final battle.
And what we want to auction is the Dreadnought Cross, which symbolizes the great victory of the Eastern Crusade, and to be honest, if I were not an auctioneer, I would not be able to help but auction this medal. The previous owner of this medal has kept it in good hands, and it is as glorious as it was more than a thousand years ago. Think about it, when you gently rub this Dreadnought Cross, it's like playing with an epic piece of history in your hands, and the things you bring are absolutely indescribable.
The starting price is 1.5 million federal guilders, and each increase is less than 45,000 federal guilders. ”
Rossi had sat up straight, his eyes fixed on the Dreadnought's Cross, which did not actually have much historical background, and in the records of church documents, this crusade against the heresy of totem worship could actually be regarded as a failure, and in addition to leaving nearly 200,000 lives, the crusade also destroyed a so-called spiritual symbol of the Totem Pole of Halloween. The natives of the princely states in the land of the Federation still believe in the totem and worship the totem.
In those years of fanatical religious beliefs, the high-level officials carried out many measures to whitewash the truth in order to justify and justify the crusade, including the awarding of the Fearless Cross.
But this is not to say that this medal is really meaningless, on the contrary, its real value lies in the fact that these medals are the stuff of the Great Blessing and Great Prayer performed by His Majesty the Pope himself.
That's the real Pope, the Pope who rules the world, who oppressed the Pope to the point of tearing apart the ancient Siya civilization and returning to the barbaric era!
The magic he personally cast, I'm afraid to this day, still retains a trace of effect.
From that medal, he felt a trace of the fluctuation of holy power.
The price continued to rise in Rossi's thoughts, and soon it was shouted to a price of 3.3 million, and the frequency of raising cards also decreased a lot. For some collectors, such fanatical religious collectibles are not particularly valuable, and gods have become synonymous with jokes during several Federation anti-god campaigns. If it weren't for the thousand-year-old history of this medal, I'm afraid everyone wouldn't be interested in it.
Rosie groaned slightly and held up the sign, "Four million!"
The auctioneer's eyes lit up, and his spirit was great, "There is a person who has become a monk of four million, and this bidder definitely has an incomparable understanding of history that ordinary people can't match, and this is definitely a good thing worth collecting and playing." In previous auctions, there were some things that were not noticed and loved, but as time went on, it turned out that those things that were far underestimated often burst into a dazzling light.
Four million is not a very high price, and I have to congratulate the bidder in advance, perhaps you have seized the most dramatic opportunity of the century, and I think in the near future you will be proud of your decision today, and you will also regret some of the distinguished guests who missed it.
Well, four million, four million ...... for the first time. ”
"Four million two hundred thousand. ”
Before the auctioneer could stir up the other bidders and Rosie to throw his arms and face the anal, someone raised his card.
Without the slightest waver, Rosie raised his card again, "Five million." ”